Aortic regurgitation, on the other hand, is leakiness of the aortic valve when it's closed. It causes blood to leak back from the aorta into the heart's left ventricle. The mitral valve separates ...

Patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis undergoing CoreValve or Evolut TAVI have better 5-year bioprosthetic valve ...

When a healthy aortic valve (illustrated ... Valvular insufficiency or leakage happens more often in the mitral valve than in other heart valves. When a valve leaks, the leaflets don’t close ...

Heart valve disease can be caused due to multiple factors like ageing, congenital defects and infections hence, it is crucial to understand the causes and symptoms of heart valve diseases for ...

Aortic valve stenosis (AVS) is a significant health concern affecting over 1.5 million Americans and millions more globally. Researchers are exploring the use of a new drug called ataciguat to ...

Aortic valve stenosis (AVS) is a significant health concern affecting over 1.5 million Americans and millions more globally. Researchers at Mayo Clinic are exploring the use of a new drug called ...

Two months later, his echocardiogram led within a week to open heart surgery in late September 2023 at Providence Heart Institute — to repair a life-threatening aortic aneurysm and leaking ...

Krems, Austria – (March 12, 2025) – Recent research from Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences (KL Krems) provides important new insights into how aortic valve size is associated with the ...